hello. good morning. this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. two men are due in court accused of a plot to kill the prime minister. the alleged plan was to target theresa may while she was at downing street, bombing the security gates before launching a knife attack in the confusion that would follow. good morning. it's wednesday the sixth of december. also this morning: president trump breaks with decades of american policy on israel. the white house says he will formally recognisejerusalem as its capital, and will move the us embassy there from tel aviv. wildfires tear through southern california as thousands of people are forced to flee from their homes. christine keeler, the former model at the centre of the profumo scandal, has died at the age of 75.

we'll look back at her life. good morning. over a third of us are popping christmas on credit this year, and over two million people are almost constantly in their overdraft. i'm looking at festive finances, and not blowing your budget. good morning. but not if you are an english cricket fans. in sport, england go two down in the ashes. their batsmen are blown away by australia in less than two hours on the final day in adelaide. and carol has the weather for us this morning. and she's feeling festive. good morning. good morning from winter wonderland in hyde park in london. this is the most photographed part. it is mild today. cloudy and wet and windy in the north. and then the weather really changes. i will have the details in 15 minutes. thank you! good morning. first, our main story:

two men are due to appear in court today, accused of a plot to kill the prime minister. both suspects were detained last month. andy moore reports. number 10 downing st, the target of an alleged islamist plot to kill the prime minister that it is understood the allegations were they tried to blow up the gate to downing street and in the ensuing chaos, launch a knife attack against theresa may. two men have been charged with terrorism offences. one is 20 and the other is 21. andrew parker, the head of mi5, briefed the prime minister and the cabinet yesterday about nine alleged islamist terror plots that have been foiled since march this year. in the house of commons, the home secretary said police would have the money they needed. we will shortly be

announcing the budgets for policing for 2017-18, announcing the budgets for policing for 2017—18, and i am clear that we must ensure counterterrorism policing has the resources needed to deal with the threats that we face. yesterday, a report into the four terror attacks in the uk this year said some of those who carried them out were known to the security services. it suggested it was conceivable the manchester arena attack which killed 22 people could have been stopped. 15—year—old olivia campbell hardy was one of those victims. the grandfather said he was not blaming the security services. they will do the best they can with the information they have got and gather, assess it themselves, assess the situation, make decisions, and act on it. the security services say the level of threat remains unprecedented, with over 500 active counter terror investigation. andy moore, bbc news.

—— investigations. we'll be speaking to the security specialist, will geddes, to get his thoughts on this story. that's at 6:20. there's increasing pressure on the government to get brexit negotiations back on track after an intervention by northern ireland's democratic unionist party stalled talks in brussels. the irish border may be the key sticking point, but divisions in the conservative party are further complicating matters for the prime minister. our political correspondent, leila nathoo, is in westminster this morning. good morning. at the start of this week, the prime minister appeared poised to move brexit talks into the second stage but that fell apart. how soon can we now expect things to get going? if you think back to monday when theresa may went to brussels for her big lunch, all the signs were that there was going to be a bit of last—minute wrangling. but broadly, we we re last—minute wrangling. but broadly, we were there on sorting out the main divorce bill matters, the money, the rights of citizens here and abroad, and the tricky issue of

the irish border, how that will look after brexit, what will be the uk's land frontier with the eu after we leave. but what theresa may offered, on the table, on the irish border issue, to try to give the eu happy, to keep ireland happy, was a continued mirroring of rules and standards in northern ireland, broadly mirroring those of the eu after brexit. and we now know that that, at the 11th hour, was unacceptable, that came as a shock to theresa may's coalition, unofficial coalition partners, the dnp, the party she relies upon to keep a majority in parliament. —— dup. and they pulled the plug on that proposal at the ii dup. and they pulled the plug on that proposal at the 11 hour, saying they would never accept something that would make northern ireland different, or a standout from the rest of the uk. be so theresa may has come back empty—handed on brussels. she came back to cries of

compromising from her own party and claims of being ineffective from the labour party. we know the right channels open between the parties. the signs at the moment seem to be that she is no closer towards getting something together to take to brussels to get talks to move on the trade. as the eu said, the ball is very much in the court of the uk. thank you. quite a few days ahead on that. i think we will continue on that. i think we will continue on that. that is the general feeling. the white house says president trump is to break with decades of american policy on israel and is to recognise jerusalem as the capital of israel. he's expected to direct the state department to begin the process of moving the us embassy there from tel aviv, a process which may take several years. but arab leaders earlier warned against moving the embassy,

saying it would be "a flagrant provocation to muslims." our north america correspondent, peter bowes, reports. donald trump is venturing into uncharted territory. the president will recognise jerusalem as the capital of israel, making the us the first country to do so since the foundation of the state in 1948. he's already indicated he intends to move the american embassy tojerusalem from tel aviv, and he's informed regional leaders of his plans. the reaction has been heated. palestinian leader, mahmoud abbas, has warned of dangerous consequences for the peace, security and stability of the region and of the world. jordan's king abdullah said the decision would undermine efforts to renew the peace process and provoke muslims. saudi arabia's king salman told mr trump the relocation of the embassy or recognition ofjerusalem as israel's capital would constitute a flagrant provocation of muslims all over the world. the status ofjerusalem goes

to the heart of israel's conflict with the palestinians. political observers say the president's treading a fine line between acknowledging a historic reality and alienating palestinians. israel's intelligence minister has said the country is preparing for every option, including an outbreak of violence. us citizens have been warned by the state department to ignore areas with crowds. peter bowes, bbc news. there are warnings from charities this morning that people are facing russia has been banned from competing at next year's winter olympics in south korea following an investigation into state—sponsored doping at the sochi games four years ago. the international olympic committee issued the punishment yesterday, but said russian athletes who can prove they are clean will be allowed to compete, under a neutralflag. we can talk now to our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg for the latest.

what has the reaction been till it a feeling of deep disappointment mixed with outrage and a sense of injustice. they say it is a humiliation and insults to russia. a prominent figure skating trainer has said they have murdered russian sport. they say it is a punch in the stomach. the russian government paper does not hold back. it says by preventing russian athletes from performing with their flag and national anthem, they are speaking in ourface. strong national anthem, they are speaking in our face. strong words national anthem, they are speaking in ourface. strong words in russia. absolutely. thank you very much indeed. thank you. the winner of this year's prestigious turner prize was announced in hull last night. lubaina himid has become both the oldest winner and the first ever woman of colour to take the award. the 63—year—old artist was born in zanzibar, but is now based in preston, and uses her work to address racial politics and the legacy of slavery. she says she will spend the money on

shoes. a nice way to spend it. congratulations to her. that would bea congratulations to her. that would be a nice pair of shoes. congratulations to her. that would be a nice pair of shoeslj congratulations to her. that would be a nice pair of shoes. i am sure she will help other artists as well. shall we tell you the news about the ashes? it is all over. shall we tell you the news about the ashes? it is allover. iwill tell you straight. it is all over. it is like taking off a plaster. it is all over the if you went to bed expecting some miraculous victory... i had expecting some miraculous victory... ihada expecting some miraculous victory... i had a little hope. we were naive. iam i had a little hope. we were naive. i am incredibly optimistic, but that is always my downfall. some england fa ns is always my downfall. some england fans were, but it was not meant to be. orjust was not at all...

england are 2—0 down. be. orjust was not at all... england are 2-0 down. the australians win the second test by 120 runs. it is obviously very disappointing. i thought the way we responded, umm, both with ball and bad in the second innings was outstanding. especially the way we played last night, in those conditions. —— bat. ithought we showed a lot of character. that is what you want to see in a big series like this. finding a way to do it for longer periods of time and doing it over five days, that is all we have to do now. chelsea could face barcelona or paris st germain in the next round after a 1—1 draw with atletico madrid sees them take second place in their group. manchester united topped their group after beating cska moscow. and scottish champions celtic go through to the europa league, despite losing i—0 to anderlecht. celtic finish third in group b on goal difference. five—time champion,

ronnie o'sullivan, is through to the last 16 of snooker‘s uk championships after thrashing michael white by six frame to one. the victory takes him a step closer to matching steve davis's record of six uk titles. and apparently, ronnie o'sullivan wa nts to and apparently, ronnie o'sullivan wants to go into i am a celebrity next year. perhaps amir khan inspired him. cold temperatures on their way. good morning. iam in i am in hyde park in london. if you wa nt to i am in hyde park in london. if you want to enjoy christmas, this is a good place to come. the biggest outdoor ice rink in the uk. it will be —10. outdoor ice rink in the uk. it will be -10. a outdoor ice rink in the uk. it will be —10. a good 20 degrees lower. if

you are coming down, you will need to wrap up warmly. i will reveal more through the morning. today will be exceptionally mild. wet and windy weather coming in across the north of the country. cloudy and mild for much of the rest of the uk. we start the forecast this morning at nine o'clock. wet in the north—west of scotland. windy. at the moment, a bit of a lull. a windy day generally. the east and south of scotland, mostly dry. north—west england, a few showers coming out of the thickest cloud this morning. the north—east, bright skies. south, the midlands, down towards the south coast, a lot of cloud. again, the kienast here and there, mostly on the hills, for the odd shower. —— the hills, for the odd shower. —— the thickest. you can see the temperatures at nine o'clock, i2 degrees. across wales this morning, cloudy. some bright breaks. equally,

showers on the hills. northern ireland, you have a wet start and also a windy one. now, as we go through the course of the day, what will find it a wet and windy weather across the north will slowly move south—east. the strongest winds will be across the north of scotland. but it is going to be a windy day really wherever you are. and we will see some holes developing in the cloud. locally in the south—east it could be 14. now, as we had to the evening and overnight, the wind does strengthen. in fact, and overnight, the wind does strengthen. infact, it and overnight, the wind does strengthen. in fact, it strengthens a lot. gales in the west. a cold night. by the end of the night, we have storm caroline on our doorstep bringing strong winds. snow showers in the north—west, even at lower levels. that is how we start tomorrow, with storm caroline in the north. again, it is moving east

across the north of scotland. snow at lower levels. blizzard conditions. meanwhile, rain moving quickly to the south—east of england accompanied by strong winds. behind that, bright skies. the wind will be strong, even in the low lens during the rush—hour. if you have plans tomorrow, keep up with the forecast. friday morning, snow showers at lower levels in northern ireland, pa rt lower levels in northern ireland, part of scotland, north—west england, manchester area, and through the course of the day, you will find further snow showers flown in on the wind. getting quite far inland at times. equally, sunshine around. that leads us into friday. we are not immune to snow showers coming in. dry weather around as well. it will feel cold, especially compared today. you will notice it big drop in the temperatures. we are not done with the snow yet. further

showers. on sunday, you can see a lot of snow, so be careful driving from the midlands northwards. the timing is open to question. but i wa nt to timing is open to question. but i want to place that thought in your mind at this stage. back to you. i am riding my bike 50 miles. it does not look good. thanks very much! 50 miles, that isn't a bike ride!m not look good. thanks very much! 50 miles, that isn't a bike ride! it is afun bike miles, that isn't a bike ride! it is a fun bike ride. one mile would be a fun bike ride! it is 52 actually! let's take a look at today's papers. the daily mirror, the story we are leading with, the alleged terror plot to kill theresa may. two men are due in court today after police foiled a plan to bomb downing street and they've also got a story about the man who writes the gags for ant and dec on i'm a celebrity. is very

good and they are very funny. the front page of the sun —— he's very good. the daily telegraph talks about mi5 foiling this islamist terror plot to kill theresa may, we will have the details through the morning. wheat will talk to a terror expert shortly. lots of the papers carrying pictures of christine keeler —— we will. she died yesterday and they are looking at her impact on government. you will remember the profumo affair, featured in that film, scandal, we will talk to one of the directors involved in that. such a famous picture. the ministry of defence bands philip hammond for using its planes, this is a row with the chancellor escalating over an unpaid bill. another picture of christine keeler. not the picture most of the papers have gone for with the chair. the chair is now in a museum, it is so the chair is now in a museum, it is so famous. i didn't know that. my goodness, something you didn't know!

mark it down in the book!m goodness, something you didn't know! mark it down in the book! it is a first to be honest! there's a lot of things i don't know! on the front page of the mail they are celebrating their front—page. page of the mail they are celebrating their front-page. we we re celebrating their front-page. we were talking to the un boss of ocea ns were talking to the un boss of oceans yesterday about plastic. lot at our excellent front—page! they are talking about the conference in kenya about the future of the planet in regards to plastic. a huge talking point and blue planet ii has brought that to the forefront with a huge series on plastic in the sea and david attenborough went editorial on it. my family is from kenya, your suitcase gets completely... it is really difficult because you have to take every single bit of plastic out. you have to think about it. what about your security plastic bag? everything, everything. steph, shall we start with you? i'm going to talk about trains because we found out

yesterday that rail passengers will be facing a fairly "is in fares. they are saying ticket prices will go they are saying ticket prices will 9° up they are saying ticket prices will go up 3.4% on average —— a fairly big increase in fares. it's below wage rises so this is unfair they say, considering the fact official figures show one in nine trains it was late last year. not great news about rail tickets. —— one was late last year. not great news about railtickets. —— one in was late last year. not great news about rail tickets. —— one in nine trains was late last year. have you ever sat in trains was late last year. have you eversat ina trains was late last year. have you ever sat in a quiet carriage on the train? often. the worst thing you can do is open a bag of crisps. that happened to me and i got told off for eating monster munch, other flavours are available. what flavour? pickled onion. that could have been the reason! they are thinking about getting rid of them oi'i thinking about getting rid of them

on trains, south—western railways are thinking about getting rid of them because it is the key to keep people quiet. the thing i found most interesting about this is there's a society called the noise abatement society and they are fuming about this. i'm a big fan of the quiet carriage and on virgin trains they said you can talk because there's been discussion about that. but you feel guilty, don't you? it's the only time i get away from noisy kids so only time i get away from noisy kids so they can't go! what have you got? in the telegraph, kelly sutton, former heptathlete, talking about russian athletes not being allowed to compete even as neutrals because she doesn't think they will be neutral and athletes will have an element of doubt if they are not competing against a russian. and in the sun, a picture arsenal fans won't want to see, jack wilshire on ice skates, he evenjoked, he said positive week, got through 20 minutes of ice skating without

getting injured. jack wilshere has missed an incredible 155 arsenal matches and is onlyjust coming back into form. a quick one in the daily mail, sunderland striker duncan watmore has received a letter of support from real madrid for his serious knee injury. that's nice! cani serious knee injury. that's nice! can i show you this picture, i was driving yesterday and i saw lots of lovely houses with decorations but the guardian have gone spectacular. some of those are surely a step too far? steph and i... you can't go overboard with decorations, they are abroad. fantastic! one of my favourites, this is a pub, decorated entirely with lots of different christmas trees so thank you to the guardian for that. a celebration. talking about eating crisps in the quiet coach, a story here i want to pick up on in the times, do you eat in the theatre? that's different, that's a different ballgame. one

gi’oup that's a different ballgame. one group of theatres are starting to test bags of various snacks to see how loud they are. i would love that job! our popcorn was taken away from us job! our popcorn was taken away from us at job! our popcorn was taken away from usata job! our popcorn was taken away from us at a theatre on sunday. you eat popcorn in a theatre? we took it in but they took it away. maybe this is about you ? it but they took it away. maybe this is about you? it was at the lyric theatre and it was the graph low. they took it away from a child and she cried. —— gruffalo. let's return to our top story, reports this morning that an alleged terror attack targeting the prime minister has been foiled by security services. yesterday andrew parker, the head of mi5, briefed the prime minister and the cabinet yesterday about nine alleged islamist terror plots that have been foiled since march this year. we'rejoined in our london studio by the security specialist will geddes.

good morning. thanks for coming on the programme to discuss this this morning. we're talking about this alleged plot to kill theresa may. we know two men accused of that are due in court today so we can't go into the detail of that but safety is a security around the prime minister will already be incredibly high? -- safe to say security. the chance of success to say security. the chance of success for these individuals allegedly that planned this attack, and it was going to comprise of a variety of elements that we are beginning to see more commonly these days with terrorist attacks, starting with an eye eid that was allegedly going to be planted by the gates of downing street —— eye eid. then an attack to target the pm herself. —— ied. the chances of success herself. —— ied. the chances of su ccess we re herself. —— ied. the chances of success were minimal but the media success success were minimal but the media success would have been immense. speaking more broadly, do you think those planned attacks are becoming more ambitious generally? it's

interesting. we have certainly seen these become quite basic, certainly those inspired by islamic state, but what we are perhaps seeing is more ofa what we are perhaps seeing is more of a reversion to the old al-qaeda style which were big spectaculars and one thing we know about terrorist groups is they are incredibly media savvy. so whatever they do, even if it only has a minimal degree of impact in terms of success , minimal degree of impact in terms of success, if it is done in an iconic location it will garnish as much publicity as it can, which again only promotes and spread their message to potential individuals that they could radicalise. well, one of the things coming out of the review, there were potentially missed opportunities to stop the manchester bomber, do you think the scale or the threat faced by security forces means they are facing almost an impossible job on occasion? it's an interesting point

to debate right now and certainly andrew parker has made a very clear statement that we are dealing with an unprecedented level of plots and individuals in terms of the possible security and terrorist risk here in the uk. certainly it's in excess of 20,000 subjects of interest. the report itself, although quite headline grabbing in terms of the possible failings, i think really is actually quite remarkable in terms of some of the detail it gives on the tradecraft and particularly the complex nature of intelligence gathering. you could save there were missed opportunities but you could say that often. amber rudd mention this, it brings into sharp focus the police funding —— mentioned this. when they are dealing with the threat they are more stretched than in the past? they are under an awful lot of pressure and if we consider 22 lots have been foiled since lee

rigby four years ago, that's a significant number and those are the only ones the security services are letting us know about. there are probably many more beyond that that they have intercepted and foiled at earlier stages. in this report by david anderson qc, we are seeing some of the sophistication behind certainly the organisation and planning of these plots, which again shows what the security services and counterterrorism policing are up against. will geddes, our security expert joining against. will geddes, our security expertjoining us this morning to talk about many things, including oui’ talk about many things, including our main story, an alleged plot to kill the prime minister and two men will appear in court later today. we will appear in court later today. we will be talking about that through the programme. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm sonya jessop. almost 90,000 children are currently homeless and living in temporary

accommodation in the capital according to a new report by the charity shelter. they include families such as suleman, his wife and two daughters, who've been living in a bit and breakfast for four years in east finchley. he says at least he has a roof over his head. just thinking to myself, you know, there's people in worse situations, there's people in worse situations, there's people in worse situations, there's people living on the streets and to be honest with regards to what happens, i can't have that with my family, i can't take that risk. anything is better than nothing, is the family argument i use. wormwood scrubs prison in west london has been found to be dangerous for both inmates and staff with up to 50 violent incidents a month. a report by the independent monitoring board said a quarter of the violence is gang related. the prison service says improvements do need to be made but it has begun tackling some problems with body cameras and drug sniffer dogs.

shopkeepers in tower hamlets in east london are being urged not to sell powerful drain cleaner to young people in a bid to prevent acid attacks. the local mayor, john biggs, is encouraging businesses to join a voluntary scheme, agreeing to ask customers who appear to be under 2! years old for id. travel now. the tube and trains are all running normally it seems so far, just those works still on the overground between gospel oak and barking. and on the roads, also fairly quiet at the moment. we've got these repairs here on the north side of vauxhall bridge to a burst water main. they've been causing delays in the one way system. and in the city, cannon street is still closed for gas works between mansion house and cannon street stations let's have a check on the weather now. today starts pretty much like yesterday. we've got a bit of cloud around, dole through the day but pretty much dry. a mild start, a mild feeling day and the winds will

start to pick up and behind those winds there will be real change. we might see some breaks in the cloud here and there today. like yesterday, as i say, maybe a spit or spot of rain in the air but those temperatures, 12 or 13, boosted by the south—westerly winds which will advance in front of this frontal system. that will bring rainfall tomorrow morning, behind it much colder air digging tomorrow morning, behind it much colderairdigging in and tomorrow morning, behind it much colder air digging in and that could bring the risk of some sleet or snow later in the week. as we go through the night tonight it is a drier start and by tomorrow morning, rain coming in and the wind is really picking up too. and watch the temperatures as the rain clears off to the east tomorrow, a spell of heavy rain for a time, 13 for a time, and then the brightens up fall away and then we'll start to see the risk of some showers following in as we risk of some showers following in as we go through friday. towards the chilterns for instance could bring a little bit of sleet and snow for

friday morning. the rest of us tried but cold. —— dry. well, there's more from us and the bbc london newsroom in around half an hour. you can hear more news travel and weather on our website. now it's back to dan and louise. bye bye. hello. welcome back. this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning. how can schoolchildren spot fake news? i don't know what to believe. it is ha rd to i don't know what to believe. it is hard to know what things are true. as the bbc launches a new scheme to help young people filter out false information, we're asking why it's important that they know the difference. florence and the machine and george ezra arejust two of the artists who were helped onto a world stage thanks to the bbc music introducing platform. and this morning we have radio two dj jo whiley with us to reveal who is 2017's artist of the year. and the turner prize was announced last night. lubeena hameed has become both

the oldest winner and the first black woman to take the prize. we're talking to her later about making history. good morning. here's a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news. two men are due to appear in court today, accused of a plot to attack downing street and kill the prime minister. both suspects were detained last month and have been charged with terrorism offences. the details of their plans were made public after the head of m15 briefed the governement yesterday about nine alleged terror plots that have been foiled since march this year. there's increasing pressure on the government to get brexit negotiations back on track after an intervention by northern ireland's democratic unionist party stalled talks in brussels. the irish border may be the key sticking point but divisions within the conservative party are further complicating matters for the prime minister. nevertheless the government insists it remains confident it will be able to reach a deal before next week's eu council meeting. the white house says president trump is to recognisejerusalem

as the capital of israel and will direct the state department to begin the process of moving the us embassy there from tel aviv. arab leaders earlier warned against moving the embassy, saying it would be "a flagrant provocation to muslims." but officials said mr trump would not move the us embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem immediately, and it could take several years. banks should end all unauthorised overdraft charges because they are trapping people in persistent debt, the financial charity stepchange has said. it says two million people in the uk used their overdraft facility every month last year. the organisation wants banks and regulators to do more to identify people caught up in a "vicious cycle of borrowing." tens of thousands of people have been forced to flee from the path of wildfires in southern california. hundreds of buildings have been destroyed by the blazes and several thousand homes are under mandatory evacuation in the cities of ventura and santa paula, north of los angeles.

california has been hit hard by wildfires in recent months. at least a0 people were killed when fires ripped through parts of northern california's wine region in october. christine keeler, the former model at the centre of the profumo scandal, has died at the age of 75. let's talk about the ashes. if you got up at 330 this morning: as i did. actually, you would have been able to go back to bed to have an extra sleep. that photo says it all.

australia, 2—0 up in the series. i switched the radio on when chris woa kes was switched the radio on when chris woakes was out on the second ball. so, it was my fault. so, england are now two down in the ashes. it did not take long. it took about an hour and 45 minutes for england's six remaining batsmen to go down in adelaide. chris woakes was out from the second ball of the day. that was the first thing i heard. captain joe root quickly followed without adding to his overnight score. and the wickets just kept tumbling. jonny bairstow was the last man to go. england, all out for 233. the australians win the second test by 120 runs. the way we went about the second innings proved to everyone we are still massively in this series. it is as simple as that. throughout the two games we have had periods where

we two games we have had periods where we outperformed australia. just not all of it. if we get that right and we can all of it. if we get that right and we can perform to our ability for longer periods of time, we will win games. it is as simple as that. this morning, before the game, i thought of the kangert a few wickets that would be good. 180 runs was a lot of runs. it was pleasing josh was able to come out and do what he did. his length was exceptional. obviously, he got joe did. his length was exceptional. obviously, he gotjoe root. that put us obviously, he gotjoe root. that put us in obviously, he gotjoe root. that put usina obviously, he gotjoe root. that put us in a good position. chelsea had to settle for second place in their champions league group, so face the risk of being drawn against one of the favourites in the knockout stage. they drew 1—1 with spanish side atletico madrid. chelsea fell behind but they equalised thanks to an own goal in the second half. it means they could now face barcelona or paris sant germain in the last 16.

manchester united finish top of group a, but they had to come from behind to beat cska moscow. they were 1—0 down at half—time but two quickfire goals from romelu lukaku and marcus rashford sealed a 2—1win forjose mourinho's side. united reach the knockout stage for the first time in three years and equal a club record a0 matches unbeaten at old trafford. celtic have qualified for the europa league despite losing 1—0 to belgian side anderlecht. the scottish champions knew they had to avoid defeat by three goals or more to seal third place in group b. mark cavendish says he wants to race in next year's four—day tour de yorkshire. the event has been running since 2014 when the county hosted the grand depart for the tour de france with great success. next year's race in may will start in beverley and will finish up in leeds. it will also features a two—day women's race.

cavendish says he'll do all he can to be there. i definitely want to be here in yorkshire. i am from here. i definitely want to be here in yorkshire. iam from here. i i definitely want to be here in yorkshire. i am from here. i can see the legacy. it is wicked to see it and be part of it. what makes this race special is the fans. we saw that in 2014. it is a special place to ride in the uk, that is for sure. ronnie o'sullivan is the highest seed left in snooker‘s uk championship going into the last 16. the world number four easily beat michael white in the third round. o'sullivan made a break of 132 on his way to winning by six frames to one. he's looking to equal steve davis' record of six uk titles this week. but he might not be around to break that record next year. ronnie says he's got eyes on appearing on "i'm a celebrity get me out of here." i used to think, i could not do that, i have to do snooker. but you

get to a stage where you think this is painful, that is fine, it is a good laugh. and that series is great. i want to do as much as they can. but as long as i am in the top 64. it doesn't matter any more. why not? steve davis, jimmy white, they have beenin steve davis, jimmy white, they have been in it. he says everyone will think he is a gorilla with his top off. thank you. she was the model atjust 19 and who was at the centre of british politics. she has died at the age of 75. yesterday it was announced

christine keeler has died aged 75. it was the biggest scandal of the 19505. it was the biggest scandal of the 1950s. christine keeler was at the centre of it. model, party girl. the minister for war centre of it. model, party girl. the ministerfor war and christine keeler had an affair. when challenged, he lied about it to the house of commons and was forced to resign. it did not help a kgb spy had also been seeing her. the old establishment never recovered from the shock. the affair spelt the end of the prime minister's government but also the end of respect, with sleaze swept under the carpet so blue it was one of the first occasions of politicians being held accountable. it actually had ramifications in political careers. christine keeler always said she was more prey than predator.|j christine keeler always said she was more prey than predator. i wished at that time i had been older so that i

would have been able to answer or speak up for myself. she left school at 15. her childhood home had been a pairof at 15. her childhood home had been a pair of converted railway carragher is. she lived with a notorious slum landlord later. later, a west indian boyfriend was charged with assaulting her and she lied in court. she was jailed for perjury. she lives here. she owns the shop around the corner. she went on to write three books. she was happy to help with the film's publicity as well. i never felt better. that is just some press which said that. i never felt bitter. not at all. i am pleased the truth can come out now. but she was often broke. a victim,

many thought, of establishment. two marriages ended in divorce. some said she earned her place in british history but at huge personal cost. we saw a little bit of the film scandal. we will speak to the film producer behind that bit later. ——a little bit later. tens of thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes in california because of wildfires which have destroyed hundreds of buildings. mandatory evacuations are taking place in the cities of ventura and santa paula, north of los angeles, and more than a thousand firefighters are tackling the fires which continue to spread due to high winds. our north america correspondent, james cook, is in los angeles now. what's the latest? it has been a pretty incredible day, to be honest, in and around los angeles, because it is notjust one

majorfire burning. angeles, because it is notjust one major fire burning. although angeles, because it is notjust one majorfire burning. although the ve ntu ra majorfire burning. although the ventura fire is the biggest threat, there are several major fires burning. many, many people have been evacuated. the official number of homes destroyed in the first fire is to be 150. it is very, very clear that number will rise. tens of thousands of people have fled. just the night in the past few minutes, the night in the past few minutes, the breaking news is that the fire has reached the pacific ocean, leaping over the main coastal waterway, and is burning on the very edge of the pacific. —— tonight,. it seems the water is the only thing that can stop this blaze. i was going to ask you about it. it seems extremely hard to put it out. they are trying. there is a problem. the wind. the wind you mentioned is not

just that makes it for firefighters. for much of the day they have had trouble putting helicopters up to tackle the fire from above as well. it has hampered efforts. has it been a bad yearfor it has hampered efforts. has it been a bad year for these it has hampered efforts. has it been a bad yearfor these kinds it has hampered efforts. has it been a bad year for these kinds of fires? it has been an exceptional year in terms of natural disasters for the us. several major hurricanes in the north of california, devastating wildfires claiming far more in the way of victims than these so far. the amazing thing so far is there have been no reports of any deaths

in the fires in southern california. we have barely had a drop of rain for six months. before that, five yea rs of for six months. before that, five years of drought. many scientists are looking at the increasing intensity of fires and the increasing intensity of hurricanes and are seen we need to have a think about what is happening to the weather on this planet and whether man—made climate change is behind it. -- man—made climate change is behind it. —— saying. man—made climate change is behind it. -- saying. very interesting and clearly terrifying. thank you. sometimes you hear funny things or in yourear in sometimes you hear funny things or in your ear in this programme, and one thing was carol has a big octopus to show us —— things in your ear. no secrets on this programme! good morning to you both! i'm in hyde park in winter wonderland and we are hyde park in winter wonderland and we are inside the magical ice kingdom where the temperature is -10, kingdom where the temperature is —10, we have dropped 20 degrees from

outside. you can see the dried octopus, his eye and this tentacles and he is made up of 36 tons of snow. you can see the other highs sculptures which are all handcarved. you can see here the mermaids, the seahorses, the turtles, it is gorgeous. this is over 500 tons of real ice and snow throughout the magical ice kingdom. it is perishing in here, my hands are frozen! outside it is a different story because it is really quite mild and it will be very mild for the time of year. what we have in the north is some rain and windy conditions and as we come some rain and windy conditions and as we come further south, cloudy and also we're looking at a few brighter brea ks also we're looking at a few brighter breaks here and there and very mild.

this morning at 9am across scotland, in the north and west, wet and we need but for the rest of the country, dry and cloudy with a few showers. north—west england seeing a few showers this morning and they will see some brightness. through the midlands, east anglia and the south coast, a lot of cloud around and again we will see a few brighter brea ks and again we will see a few brighter breaks but we could see some showers, especially on higher ground. on the hills in south—west england, 12 implement at 9am and in wales, a cloudy start with a few showers, mainly with height, we are looking at some brightness as well —— implement. a cloudy and wet start to the north—west. windy as well. through the day the wind will be a feature —— in plymouth. the rain will slowly go south and we are looking at a lot of cloud with a few brea ks looking at a lot of cloud with a few breaks further south and at times some light rain or drizzle but that will be the exception rather than

the rule. temperatures ten to 12, around the moray firth, the north coast of northern ireland, 13 as we go through the day. through the evening and overnight the wind will strengthen, especially across the north of the country. meanwhile, the rain goes south and the hide it it will turn cold but by the end of the night we will have gales in the west and storm caroline coming in across north—west scotland. —— behind it. storm caroline will go east across scotla nd storm caroline will go east across scotland and it will be extremely windy, gusts up to 80 mph and as far south as the central lowlands it will be windy with inland gales. with the snow at lower levels in northern scotland, blizzards. meanwhile, we have the rain and strong winds careering quickly out of the south—east and behind it it will still be windy, a lot of dry weather and sunshine but feeling colder. first thing on friday we will start with snow showers in northern ireland, southern scotland,

north—west england, around manchester and some of those will blow inland as we go through the day. outside of those, a lot of dry weather and some sunshine and it will feel cold. for friday, a similar story, still windy, colder is anything and there will be the windchill to factor into that as well and still some snow showers as well. on the weekend, we're not done with the snow just well. on the weekend, we're not done with the snowjust yet, snow well. on the weekend, we're not done with the snow just yet, snow showers on saturday and on sunday, i want to highlight this, this could change, from the midlands north there's the risk of snow. also there's the risk of sleet. we could see someone snow in the highlands of the pennines, but something to keep an eye on because the timing and position of this could change so if you're travelling then keep watching the weather forecast. i have already taken that warning. thanks very much! -10, you really have to dress up for it, don't you? we're not hanging around in here! we are out in a second! i want to ask

you some more questions! i'm only kidding! and they're gone! running out! she was out of breath! properly cold! that is the inside temperature. much milder outside. christmas can be a time to splash out but there are warnings from charities that people are facing high levels of debt and are more worried about finances this year than last. steph is taking a look. there's a lot of pressure on families at this time of year to make it a great christmas and that can cost a lot of money for some people. some research out on that this morning. two big pieces of research out from financial charities. the first is from the money advice trust, who've found more people are worried about money this year than last. in fact, one in seven people will have money on their mind every day in the run up to the big day. likewise, stepchange has been looking at how many people are using their overdraft on a regular basis to pay for lifes essentials, over 2 million people every single month. with me now is laura rodrigues

from stepchange, who did this research for them. why are people using their overd rafts ? why are people using their overd rafts? the why are people using their overdrafts? the vast majority are doing it for their everyday essentials, household bills, paying the rent, covering food budgets for the rent, covering food budgets for the family. that is obviously not sustainable? there's a real concern about having to use credit for those everyday essentials, for those living costs. the people you're helping and the ones you're talking to, why are they getting into that trouble? what is making them have to pay bills with overdrafts rose yellow we see two things with our clients, it can be an income shock ora clients, it can be an income shock or a change clients, it can be an income shock ora change in clients, it can be an income shock or a change in circumstances, which means they lose theirjob or a

change in their circumstances. are things getting worse? we are concerned more and more people are carrying, coming to charities like stepchange with debt problems this year —— coming to. last year we saw 600,000 people and that was a rise from previous years. is bad because people are more aware that they need to sort out their debt problems? —— is that. or is that because there are more people with debt problems? we are seeing more and more people with debt problems and people are beaming squeezed and struggling with the cost of living, we have found 2 million people last year were in their overdraft the whole year. co nsta ntly. their overdraft the whole year. constantly. in terms of what you're saying to clients, what is it you say, what advice do you give when they're struggling like this? the best advice when people are struggling is to turn to debt advice and we will look at their budget and

see and we will look at their budget and see what they have coming in and out, seeing if they can balance that out, seeing if they can balance that out and help them repay their debts if that's possible. you have specific requirements around overd rafts and you specific requirements around overdrafts and you think the government should be doing and banks should be thinking about? there's two main issues, there's people being stuck in a cycle of overdraft borrowing over a long period of time. i think the banks really need to work with the fca to see really need to work with the fca to see where they are struggling and give them support to get out of that. people are being hit regularly by very high on arranged overdraft charges when they go over their limitand charges when they go over their limit and when this happens it puts them further into debt so what we wa nt them further into debt so what we want the banks to do, one major bank has done so, is get rid of these an arranged overdraft charges and scrap them and make their charges more transparent. some people would say if you can pay back the credit then sometimes debt can be a good thing if it gets you through a certain

period of time and you make the payments rose yellow credit is a useful tool for people, it helps them with their incomes and with larger purchases. but the problem is when it isn't affordable. clients told us about money going into their account, reducing the overdraft, then they go over the overdraft and then they go over the overdraft and the cycle repeats and they get trapped in that cycle. thanks for your time this morning, really interesting. a tough time for people if they haven't got their money. lots of people are getting in touch with you and us this morning about planning for christmas. david says i save £20 a week for christmas. £1040 and. iwill save £20 a week for christmas. £1040 and. i will be withdrawing it this weekend and when it's gone, it is gone —— £1040. i wouldn't have christmas if i didn't do that. a

good way of planning, putting away a certain amount every week. something you have been looking at. this isn't really saving? these people have been saving for christmas. both of us are been saving for christmas. both of us are big fans of driving around and looking at random houses with christmas lights. there's one in sheffield where they outdo themselves every year and i take the kids there every year. this is the inside of the guardian and they are nationwide, but this is one of the most original ones, maybe they have done it before, a pub in london, 20,000 lights in and around the pub and 90 christmas trees, many of which are outside. i love that! i'm turning into my dad, i'm thinking when i look at that, what about the electricity bill! but you think it's worth it? i do. you can't be cross about that. there's one other story wa nted about that. there's one other story wanted to mention, talking about christmas, snowflakes, snowflake is a label used disparagingly, commonly

to use .mac referred to young people who are of the centres of —— commonly referred to —— sensitive. it is now claimed that it is damaging people's mental health. double sensitivity on that issue. there's nothing wrong with being sensitive! we were talking about the serious issue of anxiety yesterday so there is a serious issue in there somewhere but i am sure someone will paul score on that story. later one of my favourite people, jo wiley is going to be here. she will be talking about bbc introducing, we will reveal the person who has been chosen. she will be talking about the history of it and so many people who are now household names, including you, dan. i am a little

heartbroken if i am honest! we will talk to the winner of the turner prize, which was announced last night. one of my favourite people! you're watching breakfast from bbc news. still to come this morning: does a bad winter flu season in australia mean we'll suffer the same fate here? we'll find out why researchers working on a new universal vaccine in the uk hope it could be a game changer. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm sonya jessop. almost 90,000 children are currently homeless and living in temporary accommodation in the capital according to a new report by the charity shelter. they include families such as suleman, his wife and two daughters, who've been living in a bit and breakfast for four years in east finchley. he says at least he has a roof over his head.

just thinking to myself, you know, there's people in worse situations, there's people living on the streets and to be honest with regards to what happens, i can't have that with my family, i can't take that risk. anything is better than nothing, is the formula i use basically. wormwood scrubs prison in west london has been found to be dangerous for both inmates and staff with up to 50 violent incidents a month. a report by the independent monitoring board said a quarter of the violence is gang related. the prison service says improvements do need to be made but it has begun tackling some problems with body cameras and drug sniffer dogs. shopkeepers in tower hamlets in east london are being urged not to sell powerful drain cleaner to young people in a bid to prevent acid attacks. the local mayor, john biggs, is encouraging businesses to join a voluntary scheme, agreeing to ask customers who appear to be under 21 years old for id. travel now.

the tube and trains are all running normally it seems so far, just those works still on the overground between gospel oak and barking. and on the roads, also fairly quiet at the moment. we've got these repairs here on the north side of vauxhall bridge to a burst water main. they've been causing delays in the one way system. and in the city, cannon street is still closed for gas works between mansion house and cannon street stations. let's have a check on the weather now. today starts pretty much like yesterday. we've got a bit of cloud around, dull through the day but pretty much dry. a mild start, a mild—feeling day and the winds will start to pick up and behind those winds there will be real change. we might see some breaks in the cloud here and there today. as i say, like yesterday, maybe a spit or spot of rain in the air but those temperatures, 12 or 13, boosted by

the south—westerly winds which will advance in front of this frontal system. that will bring rainfall tomorrow morning, behind it much colder air digging in and that could bring the risk of some sleet or snow later in the week. as we go through the night tonight it is a drier start and by tomorrow morning, rain coming in and the wind really picking up too. and watch the temperatures as the rain clears off to the east tomorrow, a spell of heavy rain for a time, 13 for a time, and then the brightens up fall away and then we'll start to see the risk of some showers following in as we go through friday. towards the chilterns for instance could bring a little bit of sleet and snow for friday morning. the rest of us dry but cold. well, there's more from us and the bbc london newsroom in around half an hour. you can hear more news travel and weather on our website. now it's back to dan and louise. bye bye. hello. good morning. this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. two men are due in court accused of a plot to kill the prime minister.

the alleged plan was to target theresa may while she was at downing street, bombing the security gates before launching a knife attack in the confusion that would follow. good morning. it's wednesday the sixth of december. thank you for being with us. also this morning: president trump breaks with decades of american policy on israel. the white house says he will formally recognisejerusalem as its capital, and will move the us embassy there from tel aviv. wildfires tear through southern california as thousands of people are forced to flee from their homes. christine keeler, the former model at the centre of the profumo scandal, has died at the age of 75. we'll look back at her life. good morning. today, we've got the boss of the takeaway delivery firm, deliveroo, in the studio. it's been a business that's been

criticised for the lack of recognition it gives it's riders. i'll be looking at why. in sport, england go two down in the ashes. their batsmen are blown away by australia in less than two hours on the final day in adelaide. sorry about the cricket news. the weather. it is —10 inside hyde park, and plus ten outside. it will be mild today. wet and windy in the north, though. iwill mild today. wet and windy in the north, though. i will have more info in minutes. ok, thank you. it is very loud in there. good morning. first, our main story: two men are due to appear in court today, accused of a plot to kill the prime minister. both suspects were detained last month. it is on the front pages. that is

the front page of the daily mirror this morning. a number of the papers have gone with that story. we will bring you more details on that through the morning. the white house says president trump is to break with decades of american policy on israel and is to recognise jerusalem as the capital of israel. he's expected to direct the state department to begin the process of moving the us embassy there from tel aviv, a process which may take several years. but arab leaders earlier warned against moving the embassy, saying it would be "a flagrant provocation to muslims." our north america correspondent, peter bowes, reports. donald trump is venturing into uncharted territory. the president will recognise jerusalem as the capital of israel, making the united states the first country to do so since the foundation

of the state in 1948. he has already indicated he intends to move the american embassy tojerusalem from tel aviv, and he has informed regional leaders of his plans. the reaction has been heated. palestinian leader mahmoud abbas has warned of dangerous consequences for the peace, security and stability of the region and of the world. jordan's king abdullah said the decision would undermine efforts to renew the peace process and provoke muslims. saudi arabia's king salman told mr trump the relocation of the embassy or the recognition ofjerusalem as israel's capital would constitute a flagrant provocation of muslims all over the world. the status ofjerusalem goes to the heart of israel's conflict with the palestinians. political observers say the president is treading a fine line between acknowledging a historic reality and alienating palestinians. israel's intelligence minister says the country is preparing for every option, including an outbreak of violence. us citizens have been warned by the state department to ignore areas with crowds. there's increasing pressure

on the government to get brexit negotiations back on track after an intervention by northern ireland's democratic unionist party stalled talks in brussels. the irish border may be the key sticking point, but divisions in the conservative party are further complicating matters for the prime minister. our political correspondent, leila nathoo, is in westminster this morning. it seems whenever we talk to you on this issue, the question seems to be there are some important days ahead for the prime minister. this week was supposed to be... we talk about important moments in the brexit negotiations. earlier this week, important moments in the brexit negotiations. earlierthis week, on monday, the big lunch in brussels was supposed to be a big turning point when theresa may went to brussels to try to nail down the

divorce issue is to try to get agreement that talks could proceed. she came back empty—handed because, as you say, the intervention by the democratic unionists with the thorny issue of the irish border. it seems communications breakdown between the government and the dup. they were shocked to see what theresa may wa nted shocked to see what theresa may wanted on the table. they are talking about the issue of closely aligned relations with northern ireland and the republic of ireland. the dup said it was unacceptable northern ireland is any different from the rest of the uk after brexit and pulled the plug once they got wind of what was on offer. now, what is going on is that theresa may has come back from brussels and brussels has made it clear the ball is now in our court to sort it out as a domestic issue. she will try to

convince the dnp over the next few daysin convince the dnp over the next few days in order to get back to brussels in time for the crucial eu summit next week. —— dup. shinnie to get ahead of that to convince eu leaders enough has been done on the divorce issue is. —— she needs. then they can decide to move talks on to trade. there will be a lot of wrangling going on in the next few days. theresa may is facing an extraordinarily difficult task to try to please people on all sides, including those in her own party now expressing some nervousness that she has compromised too far, with some giving the suggestion they are not prepared to see her change her position on what britain's relationship with the eu will look like after brexit. i think where we are now is again a crucial couple of days for theresa may to get the dup back on side and take something to

brussels to try to satisfy everyone. thank you very much. good to talk to you. wildfires tear through southern california as thousands of people are forced to flee from their homes. california has been hit hard by wildfires in recent months. 40 were killed in northern california's wine region in october. russia has been banned from competing at next year's winter olympics in south korea following an investigation into state—sponsored doping at the sochi games four years ago. the international olympic committee issued the punishment yesterday, but said russian athletes who can prove they are clean will be allowed to compete, under a neutralflag. we can talk now to our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg for the latest. presumably, they are not used in russia. not at all. there is a sense

of deep disappointment mixed with outrage and a sense of injustice. for example, the deputy speaker of the russian parliament said this was a humiliation to russia. a leading figure skater trainer said they murdered russian sport. they said it was a punch in the stomach. the russian government paper today is not holding back. it says the ioc with its monstrous decision has speak in our face. with its monstrous decision has speak in ourface. —— spit. despite all of the evidence from the ioc and the multiple reports and testimonies from whistleblowers are very still unwillingness and reluctance in russia to admit they are at fault. thank you very much. live from moscow. christine keeler, the model at the centre of the profumo affair

of the 1960s, has died at the age of 75. she became famous after it emerged she'd had an affair with both the conservative minister john profumo and with a russian diplomat, at the height of the cold war. the scandal was considered by many to be the downfall of the macmillan government. we will be talking about her life later on in the programme. we will be talking to the producer of the movie scandal about her life. we're returning to our top story, and details of an alleged terror plot targeting theresa may has made it onto many of the front pages this morning. let's ta ke let's take a look. the times goes with, security services thwart islamist plot to kill prime minister. according to the telegraph, two men have been charged with terror offences and are due to appear at westminister magistrates court. the daily mirror describes how two suspects were arrested during raids in london and birmingham last week. and there's more detail in the sun, which reports that one of the men was allegedly carrying two improvised explosive devices

when he was stopped. yesterday, andrew parker, the head of m15, briefed the prime minister and the cabinet about nine alleged terror plots that have been foiled since march this year. let's speak to lord carlile, the former independent reviewer of terrorism legislation who's in london this morning. thank you very much forjoining us on the programme today. we are hearing about this alleged plot to kill theresa may this morning. people are due in court. proceedings ongoing. it highlights the scale of theissue ongoing. it highlights the scale of the issue police are facing in this country at the moment. it certainly does. obviously, we cannot talk about the case because it girl has to go through legal processes, but it is different to the one david anderson was considering in his report yesterday. —— it still. that kind of plot tends to target soft targets. i am sorry about the

background noise. soft targets like the manchester arena and borough market. there is a real concern that victims should be protected at those soft targets. david anderson's report in the review of security behind it are very important steps in the protection of victims. the home secretary, amber rudd, talked about the nine terror attacks prevented in the uk since the westminster attack back in march. do you think the government is doing enough? are they doing all they can ina enough? are they doing all they can in a situation where it is almost impossible to stop all of these plots ? impossible to stop all of these plots? well, it is certainly true that it plots? well, it is certainly true thatitis plots? well, it is certainly true that it is going to be impossible to stop every plot. that is just reality. but behind david anderson's report, there is the review which reduced 126 recommendations of how we can reduced 126 recommendations of how we can improve protecting the public from outrageous terrorist attacks. i

hope that all of those recommendations will be put into effect soon. they include, very importantly, better methodology for dealing with electronically obtained information, better co—operation between counter—terrorism police and community police officers, and also, that the procedures and reports. the manchester arena perpetrator entered the country through a port and was not picked up despite being one important databases. we don't want that to happen again and hope the measures recommended will give a reasonable guarantee that it will not happen again, as good a guarantee as one could have in these difficult circumstances. let's not forget, though, that the police and counterterrorism authorities are now predicting one plot per month and

are apprehending them, which is good. the manchester arena bombing, to pick up some detail, we will speak to someone who was there that night hosted the bomber in question. it seems it could have been prevented. —— close to the bomber. david anderson said it could possibly have been prevented, he did not say should have been prevented. yes, it could possibly have been prevented if everything had fallen to place. it would have been prevented. that rarely happens. the recommendations made in the report behind david anderson's review make it as certain as we ever can be that such terrorists will be picked up before they carry out their activities, but there are no guarantees. many people will be turning on their television this morning and learning about this

terror plot on the front page of the paper is, the attempt to kill the prime minister this morning. —— papers. do you have any words of reassurance given what you have said about the manchester arena bombing and how police apprehend these people? do we have the right level of counterterrorism at the moment? derby in a good place? —— are we in a good place? my words of reassurance are strong compared to the rest of the world. we have the best counterterrorism policing and certainly the best security services which are the envy of the world. we can which are the envy of the world. we ca n always which are the envy of the world. we can always do better. the whole point of asking david anderson to produce his review was to make sure that an independent person with very good judgement looked at the new decisions which were being made by the authorities in their effort to minimise the risk of terrorism to members of the public. i think the

public can be reassured we are doing at least as well as anywhere in the world, probably better. thank you very much. the pair in connection with that plot were arrested on the 28th of november by officers from the net counterterrorism team and they will be in court later today. —— met. staying with the manchester arena bombing, we'rejoined in the studio by robby potter who was injured in the terror attack. i want to ask first of all, i know you were badly injured in the attack, how are you? still recovering, but still fighting fit, hopefully fighting fit soon. they called you a miracle. it was. give us called you a miracle. it was. give usa called you a miracle. it was. give us a sense called you a miracle. it was. give us a sense of why. besides the kneecaps getting fractured and losing nerves in my foot, i had something stuck in my heart and a collapsed lung and shrapnel through my neck and shoulders. physically you're getting better but it's a long road back. a long way to go.

mentally are you able to process what took place that night? year. there's a flu few flashbacks, they hurt, especially this coming up now —— yeah —— few flashbacks. hurt, especially this coming up now -- yeah -- few flashbacks. does that get easier with time? yes and no, sometimes it is bad. your girlfriend was badly injured as well, how is she? she got out of hospital two weeks ago but she is in a wheelchair friendly house right now because she got more badly hurt. we are hearing the manchester arena bomber had been a so—called subject of interest and some opportunities to stop him were missed. when you hear that, what are your thoughts? it's annoying but it seems like we're blaming the wrong people. this stops with the government, they could have stopped this, they could stop terrorism in this, they could stop terrorism in this country. if we stop political correctness and give the powers that be, like the gentleman said, we've

got the best forces in the world, the police have been brilliant with me, fantastic, especially terrorism police. fantastic. they've told me everything i'm allowed to know but someone has to get reported for visiting someone on a website. we should report it straightaway, not when they think it is ok. that night, pull them in. thanks for your time and best of luck to you and your girlfriend with your recovery. thanks for coming. no worries, thank you. thanks very much. carol has the weather for us now. it's in hyde park but it is colder inside and outside? -- she's. it is. good morning. it is —10 in here and inside the magical eyes kingdom at winter wonderland it is very cold and very magical. a deep sea adventure theme —— magical eyes kingdom. it has lots of different

fish and shells. —— ice. you can see the maritime sculptures, culminating over here in an octopus. it's a giant octopus, it is made of 36 tons of snow and in fact they used over 500 tons of real eyes and snow to put together the whole of this magical eyes kingdom. —— ice and snow. if you come and see it, wrap up snow. if you come and see it, wrap up warmly because it is perishing. outside it is quite a different story because outside it is warm. mild for the time of year and very mild later in the day for some parts, especially northern ireland and scotland. some rain in the forecast and wind, especially across scotla nd forecast and wind, especially across scotland and some rain making good advancesin scotland and some rain making good advances in woods from the north—west. the rest of scotland, largely dry but fairly cloudy. for northern england, the north—west seeing one or two showers this morning and the north—east seeing some breaks. further south into the

midlands, east anglia, essex, kent, southern counties, by 9am, stilljo cloudy, some brighter breaks, some showers —— till cloudy. in the south—west of england there will be some and some in wales —— still cloudy. equally there will be some sunshine around. in northern ireland, similarto sunshine around. in northern ireland, similar to scotland in the sense that you will have a wet day and also a windy one. as we go through the course of the day the rain across the north—west will slowly moved south—east. it will be windy wherever you are today but particularly across the north and we will see one or two brighter breaks coming through the cloud further south. temperatures today in the range of ten to 12, but in the north coast of northern ireland, the moray firth, could see 13, above average for this stage in december. through the evening and overnight the wind will continue to strengthen. in fa ct, will continue to strengthen. in fact, by the end of the night we'll have gales in the west, rain

careering south—east and by the end of the night we will have storm caroline coming in across north—west scotland, so storm force winds here. as well as that we'll also have snow showers coming in, even to lower levels across north—west scotland by the end of the night. tomorrow, storm caroline will move east across the north of scotland. the strongest winds always in the far north but there will be strong winds as far south as the central lowlands for the rush—hour. couple that with snow down to low levels in the north of scotla nd down to low levels in the north of scotland and we're looking at blizzards. the rain will continue to cross england and wales, clearing the south—east quickly, driven on by strong winds. behind it, brighter conditions with showers. feeling colder with large waves down the east coast. for friday we'll start off in the morning with snow showers in parts of scotland, northern ireland, north—west england, potentially around manchester and also not wales. some of those will go inland and will carry on through the day, but equally a bit of dry

weather and sunshine but not feeling warm “— weather and sunshine but not feeling warm —— north wales. as we head into the weekend, we're not done with the snow showers yet, and on sunday there's the potential for some significant snow. we're looking at rain, sleet and snow coming in from the west and the areas most likely to see it are across the midlands and anywhere north of that. the significance snow will be with height in the pennines example but we height in the pennines example but we could see some at low levels —— significant. it could change but it's worth knowing about if you have travel plans, keep watching the weather forecast. thanks very much. it looks so beautiful and calm. i know it is freezing but thank you! laughter thatis freezing but thank you! laughter that is the face she wanted to do!|j that is the face she wanted to do!” hope you saw that at home! go and have another tea! go outside and get warm, carol! and she is off again!

flu season is well under way and doctors are urging vulnerable people to have their vaccine because this year it could be more important than ever. yes, australia hasjust been through a particularly bad flu period with a 50% rise in cases, and some scientists are warning that could mean a tough season for us too. in a moment, john maguire reports on the search for a new vaccine here, but first our sydney correspondent hywel griffiths reports from australia. mark knows first—hand just how hard the flu virus hit australia this year. as does his wife eve and therefore children, megan, zach, amelia and matilda. every single one of them became ill. it was me and then zach and then dad and mum and then zach and then dad and mum and then megan. it really knocked us about, we were literally in bed for two or three days, very difficult if you've got kids because you know what it's like, they pick it up at preschool and bring it home. they

weren't alone. 2017 saw a 50% rise in flu cases across australia. it wasn't a pandemic but there was an increase in deaths, mostly among the elderly. the flu season is now over and australia is heading towards its summer but doctors were left wondering why it was so bad and what, if anything, wondering why it was so bad and what, ifanything, it wondering why it was so bad and what, if anything, it means for people living in the northern hemisphere. this professor has been tracking the clinical data for australia. one of the key concerns here is that this year's vaccine did not work well. the vaccine we had this year was poor with vulnerable people so in healthy people it was 2596, people so in healthy people it was 25%, 30%, 40% effective but in elderly people it worked quite poorly. as it arrives in the uk the flu virus would necessarily have the same impact, it's constantly changing and mutating, but families are being warned it could be a tough winter in the northern hemisphere. john maguire takes up the story. here

researchers are working on a new universal vaccine, one that doesn't have to be remade every winter. it's a game changer and they've just started human trials. the study is now full this year. scientists are recruiting 2000 over 65—year—olds and will monitor them for two years. it's the first big trial of its kind. all are having theirflu jab as normal but some are receiving the new vaccine. we have to keep changing what's in the flu vaccine because the virus keeps mutating every year and the vaccine has to keep changing to keep up with it. but if we can get an immune response to work against other parts of the flu virus, the parts that don't change, we could have a vaccine that is universal and works against all influenza strains and it may last longer than one year. experts are divided over whether or not a bad winter flu season in australia means the same here. vaccine is normally work around half the time. but

doctors say at the moment it's the best protection we have. it's a case of protecting society and although someone might think they are physically very strong and can fight something off, it's going to be their neighbour or someone at work who's got some disability, lung disease, and we want to protect them as well. and as that vaccination continues at a pace, so far this season flu numbers have been low. but, as australia experienced, flu outbreaks can quickly become very serious and very difficult to fight. john maguire, bbc news, oxford. a timely report, isn't it? we were discussing that this week?” a timely report, isn't it? we were discussing that this week? i was presenting breakfast on christmas day and i woke up at 3:30am with flu and there's nothing you can do. you we re and there's nothing you can do. you were ok? i was ok but a very high temperatures and you can't exactly call you on christmas day. you

definitely can't? ! who are you going to call? ghostbusters! people we re very going to call? ghostbusters! people were very sympathetic but there's nothing else you can do. who else is going to turn up at 3:30 a.m.? that's what i like about you, louise, you take one for the nation even on christmas day! there's no other option! sorry about that thought! time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm sonya jessop. almost 90,000 children are currently homeless and living in temporary accommodation in the capital according to a new report by the charity shelter. they include families such as suleman, his wife and two daughters, who've been living in a bit and breakfast for four years in east finchley. he says at least he has a roof over his head. just thinking to myself, you know, there's people in worse situations, there's people living on the streets and to be honest with regards to what happens,

i can't have that with my family, i can't take that risk. anything is better than nothing, is the formula i use basically. wormwood scrubs prison in west london has been found to be dangerous for both inmates and staff with up to 50 violent incidents a month. a report by the independent monitoring board said a quarter of the violence is gang related. the prison service says improvements do need to be made but it has begun tackling some problems with body cameras and drug sniffer dogs. shopkeepers in tower hamlets in east london are being urged not to sell powerful drain cleaner to young people in a bid to prevent acid attacks. the local mayor, john biggs, is encouraging businesses to join a voluntary scheme, agreeing to ask customers who appear to be under 21 years old for id. travel now. the tube and trains are all running normally it seems so far, just those works still on the overground between

gospel oak and barking. and on the roads, also fairly quiet at the moment. we've got these repairs here on the north side of vauxhall bridge due to a burst water main. they've been causing delays in the one way system. and in the city, cannon street is still closed for gas works between mansion house and cannon street stations. over to sara thornton now with the weather. good morning to you. today starts pretty much like yesterday. we've got a bit of cloud around, dull through the day but pretty much dry. a mild start, a mild—feeling day and the winds will start to pick up and behind those winds there will be real change. we might see some breaks in the cloud here and there today. as i say, like yesterday, maybe a spit or spot of rain in the air but those temperatures, 12 or 13, boosted by the south—westerly winds which will advance in front of this frontal

system. that will bring rainfall tomorrow morning, behind it much colder air digging in and that could bring us the risk of some sleet or snow later in the week. as we go through the night tonight it is a drier start and by tomorrow morning, rain coming in and the winds really picking up too. and watch the temperatures as the rain clears off to the east tomorrow, a spell of heavy rain for a time, 13 for a time, and then the brightens up fall away and then we'll start to see the risk of some showers following in as we go through friday. towards the chilterns for instance could bring a little bit of sleet and snow for friday morning. the rest of us dry but cold. well, there's more from us and the bbc london newsroom in around half an hour. you can hear more news travel and weather on our website. now it's back to dan and louise. bye bye. hello. welcome back. this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. two men have been charged by police

in connection with an alleged plot to kill the prime minister. both suspects were detained last month and have been charged with terrorism offences. the details of their plans were made public after the head of m15 briefed the government yesterday about nine alleged terror plots that have been foiled since march this year. 22 plots of tinfoil tinselly rig the. —— plots have been foiled since lee rigby. certainly in this report by david anderson, we are seeing some of the sophistication behind the organisation and the planning of these plots which again show what these plots which again show what the services are up against. the white house says president trump is to recognisejerusalem as the capital of israel and will direct the state department

to begin the process of moving the us embassy there from tel aviv. arab leaders earlier warned against moving the embassy, saying it would be "a flagrant provocation to muslims." but officials said mr trump would not move the us embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem immediately, and it could take several years. this is a big break with official us policy in decades of international consensus. it is causing a big stir. at the moment, all countries that have embassies in israel keep them in or nearto have embassies in israel keep them in or near to tel aviv and do not recognise jerusalem officially as the capital of israel. that is because israel sees all of the city as its eternal undivided capital. palestinians want is to the recent, the occupied part of the city, to be their capital in a future palestinian state. —— east jerusalem. it has long been the international view there should all be worked out, the status of jerusalem, in a peace deal between

israel and the palestinians. but donald trump says he is delivering ona campaign donald trump says he is delivering on a campaign pledge he made to move the embassy and to give recognition tojerusalem. the embassy and to give recognition to jerusalem. israelis the embassy and to give recognition tojerusalem. israelis will see that as correcting an historic injustice. but mahmoud of us, when he spoke to donald trump last night, he said this would have dangerous consequences, along with other arab leaders —— abbas. they say this will inflame religious tensions. they are also warning this willjeopardise his attempts to get the ultimate peace deal, as he has called it, between israel and the palestinians. ‘s binky. banks should end all unauthorised overdraft charges because they are trapping people in persistent debt, the financial charity stepchange has said. it says two million people in the uk used their overdraft facility every

month last year. the organisation wants banks and regulators to do more to identify people caught up in a "vicious cycle of borrowing." tens of thousands of people have been forced to flee from the path of wildfires in southern california. hundreds of buildings have been destroyed by the blazes and several thousand homes are under mandatory evacuation in the cities of ventura and santa paula, north of los angeles. california has been hit hard by wildfires in recent months. at least 40 people were killed when fires ripped through parts of northern california's wine region in october. you might remember that. christine keeler, the model at the centre of the profumo affair of the 1960s, has died at the age of 75. she became famous after it emerged she'd had an affair with both the

conservative ministerjohn profumo and with a russian diplomat, at the height of the cold war. the scandal was considered by many to be the downfall of the macmillan government. a former american football stadium in michigan has finally been successfully demolished a day after an attempt to bring it down failed. a plan to demolish the derelict silverdome stadium near detroit went wrong, when a series of explosives failed to detonate on sunday, disappointing thousands of spectators. did we show you this yesterday? perhaps it is a set of different pictures. we did see this yesterday. ican pictures. we did see this yesterday. i can confirm. this is new! no, it is the same! that is the top level. we have officially lost the news! we have always wanted to say that!“ we are have always wanted to say that!“ we are doing yesterday's news today, that means england have not yet lost the second test! shall we just talk about tuesday's news? we were full

of optimism! we need australia to the average bowling, i said that last night, and perhaps we could have a chance. they did not listen. they have been excellent. if you are just waking up, i am sorry, but england are now 2—0 down in the ashes. it did not take long. it took about an hour and 45 minutes for england's six remaining batsmen to go down in adelaide. chris woakes was out from the second ball of the day. that was the first thing i heard. captain joe root quickly followed without adding to his overnight score. and the wickets just kept tumbling. jonny bairstow was the last man to go. england, all out for 233. the australians win the second test by 120 runs. and the swiss is an adelaide. how to england comeback from this? —— andy swiss. it will be difficult. it is a shame. england came here with such

high hopes. they were here in big numbers. they believed england could pull it off. chris woakes was out second ball. the writing was on the wall. the real damage was done in the first innings in adelaide with bat and ball. england have a problem with their batting. many players getting t20— 30—40. no one making big dig entries like shaun marsh. captainjoe big dig entries like shaun marsh. captain joe root big dig entries like shaun marsh. captainjoe root has taken positives out of the performance. the way we went about the second innings proved to everyone we are still massively in this series. it is as simple as that. throughout the two games we have had periods where we two games we have had periods where we outperformed australia. just not

all of it. if we get that right and we can all of it. if we get that right and we can perform to our ability for longer periods of time, we will win games. it is as simple as that. this morning, before the game, i thought if we get a few wickets that would be good. 180 runs was a lot of runs. it was pleasing josh was able to come out and do what he did. his length was exceptional. obviously, he gotjoe root. that put us in a good position. it was an impressive performance from josh hazlewood and the rest of australia's rollers. that means they lead 2—0 in the series. —— bowlers. if they win the next test match in perth next week, they will regain the ashes. the bad news for england is they have not got victory in perth since 1978, nearly 40 years

ago. they have a week to prepare. they have a practice match on the weekend. they can look at some options. i was speaking to the famous former english batsman, geoffrey boycott, and he said england have no chance. a bit of work to do. oh dear. loving the positivity. we need a new plan for perth. thank you very much. i am moving on quickly. chelsea had to settle for second place in their champions league group, so face the risk of being drawn against one of the favourites in the knockout stage. they drew 1—1 with spanish side atletico madrid. chelsea fell behind but they equalised thanks to an own goal in the second half. it means they could now face barcelona or paris sant germain in the last 16. manchester united finish top of group a, but they had to come from behind to beat cska moscow. they were 1—0 down at half—time but two quickfire goals from romelu lukaku and marcus rashford sealed a 2—1win forjose mourinho's side. united reach the knockout stage

for the first time in three years and equal a club record 40 matches unbeaten at old trafford. celtic have qualified for the europa league despite losing 1—0 to belgian side anderlecht. the scottish champions knew they had to avoid defeat by three goals or more to seal third place in group b. russia has been banned from competing at next year's winter ronnie o'sullivan is the highest seed left in snooker‘s uk championship going into the last 16. the world number four easily beat michael white in the third round. o'sullivan made a break of 132 on his way to winning by six frames to one. he's looking to equal steve davis' record of six uk titles this week. but he might not be around to break that record next year. ronnie says he's got eyes on appearing on "i'm a celebrity get me out of here." i used to think, i could not do that, i have to be a pure snooker player. but you get to a stage where you think this is painful, that is fine, it is a good laugh. and that is great.

i want to do as much as i can. but as long as i am in the top 64. it doesn't matter any more. why not? good luck to him. thank you. fake news can be made to look so convincing, especially on social media. how are children meant to tell the difference? bbc is launching a new initiative to help young people identify real news. this is how children to find fake news. —— define. -- define. when someone spreads rumours that are not true. if it is serious news, it can get you worry in and thinking about stuff too much. if i hear in and thinking about stuff too much. if! hear something

in and thinking about stuff too much. if i hear something and believe it, ifeel like i am being tricked. it is very persuasive. you think it is real. if it is fake, you don't know what is actually happening in the world. we now know how to spot fake news using the type of language that the article uses.” now know that something is fake because i can check the brand of it andl because i can check the brand of it and i can research it on the internet. ukip we were given about spotting fake news is look at the title. —— the tip. look at how big the company is and look at the type of writing. the best advice i got was look for a proper brand. they seem to know what they are doing. joining us is the editor in

chief of first news for children. and also the woman who carried out this study on fake news. it is interesting to see what the children had to say. what were the main findings? everything you saw, they are very savvy on the eerie. they absolutely get it. —— theory. but with practice, they can come unstuck. that was the key finding. they want to trust news sources and outlets. the bbc, sky news, it is deal important to them, but they are accessing it through snapchat and youtube. that is the difference we are finding. ok. you obviously deal in real news. what would you say to children trying to spot it? what would you tell people to look out for specifically? the issue clearly is that the internet is a fantastic source of information.

u nfortu nately, source of information. unfortunately, it is also a fantastic source of misinformation. and children do not have the ability to tell the difference. sometimes it is difficult for adults as well. they are not taught to question things either at school and at home. they are taught things as fact. we need to say to children that you have to question things and don't just accept things you hear. some children are naturally questioning everything and others are slightly more accepting. there is a difference in children. but i suppose that teaching in school a framework of how to look at a story, thatis framework of how to look at a story, that is essential in the modern era. absolutely. it has to be embedded. but not just a absolutely. it has to be embedded. but notjust a tag on. it has to be embedded into everything they do. they live in a digital world. we need to talk about that with them all of the time. and also at home.

families and carers, the need to talk about that with their children. it is important for you that children know what the trust as well, what type of media to trust and what kind of sources. —— what to trust. there needs to be education for pa rents trust. there needs to be education for parents to see children should not be on social networks until they are 13, but unfortunately that horse has bolted. we cannot close that date. we need to sit to children, as they were saying just now, check your sources and have a look. —— gate. is it a reputable source of information? before the brands you know. look for bbc and sky news and brands you know and trust. it sounds silly to say go and check work, what you're reading, soap trusted sources? -- check what

you're reading —— so trusted stories. and you found out they trusted tv news? great! they were less trustworthy of radio because they conceded. that indicates the visual world children live in. they tell stories through pictures and images rather than writing and reading further and in—depth knowledge. there's a comment about prince harry, saying they knew he was getting married because they saw him say that. that's a good source, isn't it? primary source. go back to your source. at this time of day there's many parents watching, if they are having this, safe and with their children, either after this or later after they come back from school, what would be the most important piece of advice you would give on this issue? discuss it. ask children what they think, what they believe and then start to investigate. there isn't a rule book, there isn't this is what you

must do, abc, but open discussions and children want to have those discussions. too often parents don't wa nt discussions. too often parents don't want to talk to children about these topics because they hope they haven't heard about it but that's dangerous because they go into the playground and they hear misinformation and things second or third hand. is there a particular type of story that children engage with or is it individuals? it's everything. the nspcc and childline have recorded a huge increase in calls about anxiety related to the news and it's really important we address that. it isn'tjust news and it's really important we address that. it isn't just about fa ke address that. it isn't just about fake news per se but it's about the way real news is reported in a nonsense asian list, scary way. we all as the media need to look at how we are all as the media need to look at how we are reporting things and how they are heard —— eynon sensationalist. any age group could be watching us

on breakfast. —— eight long on sensationalist —— a non— sensationalist. the manchester attack and grenfell tower, they were really significant so how they play out on twitter is really important as well. very interesting. you know who we can always trust? carol kirkwood. she might tell us things about snow and ice but she always tells us nicely. good morning, carol. good morning. i'm in a winter wonderland this morning in hyde park in london. you can see the iconic big wheel, it's very psychedelic. lots going on here, christmas markets and lots of fun for the whole family with various rides. and of course the magical ice kingdom. we were there earlier. it's —10 inside and outside it is ten, much warmer, we've literally come outside to warmup. the forecast today for all is a mild

one and for some it will be very mild. a lot of cloud around but also rain and windy conditions in the forecast as well. if we start at looking at scotland, at 9am today we have rain, rain coming in across the north—west, accompanied by strong winds. a fairly windy night and a windy day. in the north—west we start off on a cloudy note but mostly dry. in northern england, in the north—west, you're not immune to some showers but in the north—east, brightness breaking through. as we come south across the midlands into east anglia, essex and kent, to the isle of wight and southern counties generally there's a lot of cloud around. a few brighter breaks developing but they will be fairly transient and where we have the thickest cloud, especially with height, we could see showers, for example in south—east england. in plymouth by 9am, 12. in wales, a cloudy start, again brighter breaks

developing but still light rain or showers coming through the thickest cloud but a wet start in northern ireland and also windy. it will be windy wherever you are today but the strongest winds will be in the north of the country. the rain will continue to journey south—east through the day, so the driest conditions will be in most of england and wales. temperature wise today, pretty good shape, ten to 12, but across the north coast of northern ireland, around the moray firth for example, we could see 13, above average for this stage in december. through the evening and overnight the wind will be a feature, strengthening, gales across the west and the rain will push steadily south and by the end of the night storm caroline will be showing her hand in north—west scotland with storm force winds. tomorrow, as well as the storm force winds, we're also going to have snow at lower levels in the north of scotland. storm caroline will move from the west to the east across northern scotland,

but this swathe of strong winds will probably extend down to the central lowla nds probably extend down to the central lowlands bore the worst our. with the lying snow at low levels we could have blizzards. —— for the rush—hour. big waves down the east coast. the other thing worth mentioning is that it will feel colder. first thing on friday we could have snow showers in scotland, northern ireland, northern england and north wales, some of them will blow well inland during the morning and through the day. we won't be an union to them through the day but a lot of dry weather as well and again feeling cold, if anything temperatures lower than tomorrow —— would be immune. still snow in the forecast for the weekend. —— won't be immune. may be some significant snow on sunday. there's the potential for it but the timing and placement could change. coming in from the west, later, rain sleet and snow and the main areas will be in

high areas of the midlands northwoods but worth keeping in touch with the weather cast for because that could change. —— midlands north. it isa it is a bit steamed up, now, the camera, because it is a bit steamed up, now, the camera , because you it is a bit steamed up, now, the camera, because you are outside, cameras don't like changes in temperatures. it was -10 inside the display in hyde park but outside it is much milder. looks like she has a halo! she always has one, i think! it's fair to say that deliveroo has helped to change the face of the british takeaway, giving people in large towns and cities the ability to have all kinds of restaurant cuisine delivered at the tap of a smart phone. but it's a business that's been in the headlines for negative reasons too. steph has the boss with her this morning. we have the boss with us this morning and i will be talking with him ina morning and i will be talking with him in a moment. deliveroo allows customes to order food and drinks from 10,000 local restaurants and get it delivered to their door by bike, all via an app on their phone which also allows them to track where the delivery is.

it's revolutionised the concept of a takeaway, but it's also hit the headlines, for not giving their 15,000 riders basic rights like minimum wage or holiday and sick pay because of the way they're employed. how does it work with the drivers, how are they employed and how are they paid? i can, i should say a bit about the company, we are a food company that allows customers to orderfrom10,000 company that allows customers to order from 10,000 restaurants nationwide and a key part of that ordering process is through the act, when they click on the menu item they want and they ask for that to be delivered and then we have a network of 15,000 riders that will, through their own phones, pick up the food and take it to the customer. it's important to us that those riders are treated fairly and they enjoy working on the deliveroo platform and they can make good

money doing so. and they are paid by us money doing so. and they are paid by us around once money doing so. and they are paid by us around once every money doing so. and they are paid by us around once every two weeks and our average earnings across the country are £9 50 and those individuals can work through the platform when and where they wish. that's the key to the flexibility that affords them the type of work they want to do and allows us to be able to recruit the vast volumes of riders we have around the country. all of these guys will work with deliveroo alongside other work. they may be self—employed, running their own businesses, they might be stu d e nts own businesses, they might be students who are studying and outside of that the flexibility afforded by us that allows them to work when and where they wish gives them the right type of work to supplement the rest of their life. you say on average the drivers get £9.5, but that's on average, so there could be instances where a driver gets onejob there could be instances where a driver gets one job and there could be instances where a driver gets onejob and our there could be instances where a driver gets one job and our then they could earn less than the minimum wage? as a company it is

important we are transparent with riders about what they are likely to earn riders about what they are likely to earn at given periods. as a company that relies on a lot of lunch business and dinner business on the it's fair to say that as a rider you're likely to make significant amounts of money during those times. but there are times when you could work less than the minimum wage? we work less than the minimum wage? we work closely to make sure they earn good money at any time but the flexibility afforded to them means they can earn different amounts. unlike in the restaurant industry, when you get a shift and you have to commit toa when you get a shift and you have to commit to a specific time when you come in and work those hours, our riders can choose to work when they wish, wherever they wish, and simultaneously work with other platforms, so they don'tjust necessarily work with deliveroo, they can choose to acceptjobs through other platforms. there will still be some of your drivers who are earning less than the minimum wage? average earnings as i said...

some will be earning less than the minimum wage? can you cancer that? it's important to stress we give them a lot of understanding of when they should be working to make the maximum possible amount of money —— answer. should a rider logged in at 4pm ina answer. should a rider logged in at 4pm in a period where its particularly slow... —— log. if we tell them then they're not going to make as much during those periods and they still choose to work, we can't specifically dictate what they will make. do you say from the outset you could be learning less than the minimum wage? we communicate its a soft period and their likely to make less money than they would at peak. that doesn't sound as transparent as saying they could be earning less than the minimum wage. you want to bring out into runs for them? we have done that today. it's the first ever insurance for food delivery riders that offers them protection against illness and any injury —— bring out

insurance for them. if they are injured and unable to work they will be covered for the lost earnings. this is an insurance policy that at £1.85 per week is substantially cheaper than not only anything within the food delivery area but the food economy at large. it's a policy where we have got a prize working with parties as a result of the vast number of riders we have but also because we are subsidising that policy, we are offering 40% so riders get it as cheap as they possibly can. it sounds like you are basically charging the drivers to cover themselves when they are sick, which a lot of the drivers are asking for, that's what people want in the gig economy, the rights they would get if they are staff in a company. we've been clear as a company. we've been clear as a company that we would support paying for all of these benefits, things

like sick pay or holiday in five comments, but in order to do so we would require a change in the law so the government have been reviewing this and we've been asked to input into that review... you want the change in the law? we certainly do, yes. we would love to end what we see as a yes. we would love to end what we see as a trade—off between the flexibility that one gets in being self—employed. the reason these individuals are self—employed is because they want to work when they like in the way they like alongside other things. we want to end that trade—off between that flexibility and the security one might get as an employee. securities like benefits. however, we don't want to wait on the government to do that, we want to try to work as far as we can to ensure we can offer to try to work as far as we can to ensure we can offer those securities through other means and this insurance is very much the start of that. why are you charging for it? the riders would have to pay something to maintain that self—employed status. if we offered

all of that for free then the existing law and the courts would likely ask them to be reclassified as employees and in so doing they would lose that flexibility which we know is really important to them. dan, thanks for coming in to explain all of that. appreciate that. that made me all a bit hungry! time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm sonya jessop. almost 90,000 children are currently homeless and living in temporary accommodation in the capital according to a new report by the charity shelter. they include families such as suleman, his wife and two daughters, who've been living in a bit and breakfast for four years in east finchley. he says at least he has a roof over his head. just thinking to myself, you know, there's people in worse situations, there's people living on the streets and to be honest with regards to what happens,

i can't have that with my family, i can't take that risk. anything is better than nothing, is the formula i use basically. wormwood scrubs prison in west london has been found to be dangerous for both inmates and staff with up to 50 violent incidents a month. a report by the independent monitoring board said a quarter of the violence is gang related. the prison service says improvements do need to be made but it has begun tackling some problems with body cameras and drug sniffer dogs. shopkeepers in tower hamlets in east london are being urged not to sell powerful drain cleaner to young people in a bid to prevent acid attacks. the local mayor, john biggs, is encouraging businesses to join a voluntary scheme, agreeing to ask customers who appear to be under 21 years old for id. travel now. the tube and trains are all running

normally it seems so far, just those works still on the overground between gospel oak and barking. and on the roads, also fairly quiet at the moment. we've got these repairs here on the north side of vauxhall bridge due to a burst water main. they've been causing delays in the one way system. and in the city, cannon street is still closed for gas works between mansion house and cannon street stations. over to sara thornton now with the weather. good morning to you. today starts pretty much like yesterday. we've got a bit of cloud around, dull through the day but pretty much dry. a mild start, a mild—feeling day and the winds will start to pick up and behind those winds there will be real change. we might see some breaks in the cloud here and there today. as i say, like yesterday, maybe a spit or spot of rain in the air but those temperatures, 12 or 13, boosted by the south—westerly winds which will advance in front of this frontal system. that will bring rainfall tomorrow morning, behind it much colder air digging in and that could bring us the risk of some sleet or snow later in the week.

as we go through the night tonight it is a drier start and by tomorrow morning, rain coming in and the winds really picking up too. and watch the temperatures as the rain clears off to the east tomorrow, a spell of heavy rain for a time, 13 for a time, and then the brightens up fall away and then we'll start to see the risk of some showers following in as we go through friday. towards the chilterns for instance could bring a little bit of sleet and snow for friday morning. the rest of us dry but cold. well, there's more from us and the bbc london newsroom in around half an hour. you can hear more news travel and weather on our website. now it's back to dan and louise. bye bye. hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. an alleged plot to kill the prime minister is prevented by security services. it's claimed the plan was to blow up the gates of downing street and to attack theresa may

with a knife. two men are due in court in the next few hours on terrorism charges. good morning. it's wednesday, 6th december. also this morning: president trump breaks with decades of american policy on israel. the white house says he will formally recognise jerusalem as its capital and will move the us embassy there from tel aviv. wildfires tear through southern california as thousands of people are forced to flee from their homes. christine keeler, the former model at the centre of the profumo scandal, has died at the age of 75. we'll look back at her life. over a third of us are putting christmas on credit this year and more than two million people are nearly always in their overdraft.

i'm looking at festive finances and not blowing your budget. good morning. england's cricketers are licking their wounds after being taken apart by australia very swiftly on the final day of the second ashes test in adelaide. and carol has the weather for us this morning and she's feeling festive. good morning from winter wonderland in london. i'm inside the magical ice kingdom. i'm surrounded by beautiful ice sculptures. it is milder outside and generally the forecast for today is a mild one. a cloudy one with windy conditions and wet conditions also across the north—west of scotland, but i'll have more details in 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. an alleged terror attack aimed at killing the prime minister and bombing downing street has been foiled by security services.

two men are due to appear at westminster magistrates' court later over alleged terror offences, one of them in connection to the planned attack against theresa may. andy moore has this report. number ten downing street, the target of an alleged islamist plot to kill the prime minister. it's understood the allegations involved a plan to bomb the security gates at the entrance to downing street and then in the ensuing chaos, launch a knife attack against theresa may. two men are due to appear before westminster magistrates' today charged with terrorism offences. andrew parker, the head of m15, briefed the prime minister and the cabinet yesterday about nine alleged terror plots that have been foiled since march this year. in the house of commons, the home secretary said police would have the money they needed. we will shortly be announcing the budgets for policing for 2017—2018. i am clear that we must ensure counterterrorism policing has the resources needed to deal with the threats that we face. yesterday, a report into the four

terror attacks in the uk this year said some of those who carried them out were known to the security services. it suggested it was conceivable the manchester arena attack which killed 22 people could have been stopped. 15—year—old olivia campbell hardy was among those victims. her grandfather said he was not blaming the security services. they're gonna do the best they can with the information they have got and they gather, assess themselves, assess the situation, make decisions, and act on it. i will not fault anybody for doing theirjob. the security services say the level of threat remains unprecedented, with over 500 active counter terror investigations. the white house says president trump is to break with decades of american policy on israel and is to recognise jerusalem as the capital of israel he's also due to begin the process of moving the us embassy

tojerusalem from tel aviv, a process which may take several years. but arab leaders have warned against moving the embassy, saying it would be "a flagrant provocation to muslims". there's increasing pressure on the government to get brexit negotiations back on track after an intervention by northern ireland's democratic unionist party stalled talks in brussels. the irish border may be the key sticking point but divisions in the conservative party are further complicating matters for the prime minister. our political correspondent leila nathoo is in westminster this morning. we have been following this all week. when is there likely to be a breakthrough? well, there is no signs as yet that anything has changed since the dup intervened on monday to stop that deal going through at the 11th hour that would have paved the way for trade talks to begin next week. now, theresa may had to come back from brussels

empty—handed after the dup objected to her offering that northern ireland would be closely alined in regulation terms with the eu after brexit. the dup objecting to northern ireland being treated any differently to any other part of the uk. but that proposal from theresa may has also caused anger among brexiteers in the cabinet who fear she is rowing back on the position to deviate from eu standards after brexit, they are trying to keep her in check. theresa may fighting battles on all sides. she has to get the dup back on side so she can start the trade talks next week. she hasn't spoken to arlene foster, the dup leader, so there is no sign yet that she will be able to go back to brussels any time soon. so i think the next couple of days will be crucial to see if she can try and find some agreement. thank you very much. tens of thousands of people have

been forced to flee from the path of wildfires in southern california. hundreds of buildings have been destroyed by the blazes and several thousand homes are under mandatory evacuation in the cities of ventura and santa paula, north of los angeles. california has been hit hard by wildfires in recent months. at least 40 people were killed when fires ripped through parts of northern california's wine region in october. russia has been banned from competing at next year's winter olympics in south korea following an investigation into state—sponsored doping at the 2014 games in sochi. the international olympic committee said russian athletes who can prove they are clean will be allowed to compete, but under a neutral flag. alex capstick is in lausanne where the decision was announced yesterday. what more can you tell us? well, ioc members are back here at olympic hq

for more meetings today, but they will begin by digesting events of yesterday when they were given no choice but to ban russia from the olympics. they were presented from evidence from samuel smith, a former president, who was looking at the issue where the conspiracy in sochi helped protect russian drug cheats and the wider programme going on in for many years. he stated it was. the country had manipulated the anti—doping rules and that's why the russian olympic committee was banned, but key officials and including the deputy prime minister who used to run the sports ministery. neutral athletes will be allowed to complete under the neutral flag. in allowed to complete under the neutralflag. in a conversion allowed to complete under the neutral flag. in a conversion from the ioc, they were be known as independent athletes from russia. there is a possible boycott from vladimir putin looming over this whole thing. thank you very much. she was the model who at the age

ofjust 19, was at the centre of a scandal which rocked 1960s british politics. yesterday it was announced christine keeler has died aged 75. the revelation of her affair with the cabinet minister john profumo and a russian diplomat led to the conservative government downfall. nick higham has taken a look at her life. it was the biggest scandal of the 1960s, and christine keeler was the woman at its centre. model, party girl, and mistress of powerful men. john profumo was the ministerfor war. he and christine had a brief affair. when challenged, he lied about it to the house of commons and was forced to resign. it didn't help that yevgeny ivanov, a kgb spy, had also been seeing keeler. the old establishment never recovered from the shock. the profumo affair spelt the end of prime minister harold macmillan's government, but also the end of an era of deference and respect, in which sleaze had been discretely swept under the carpet.

iwish i had been older so i would have been able to have answered or spoke up for myself. she left school at 15. her childhood home was a pair of converted railway carriages and she had a child at 17 and lived with a notorious slum landlord. later a west indian boyfriend was charged with assaulting her and christine lied in court. she was jailed for perjury. she lives here. she owns the shop around the corner. she went on to write three books. she went on to write three books. she was often broke. a victim, many thought, of establishment hypocrisy and two marriages ended in divorce. tonight her son said she earnt her place in british history, but at

huge personal cost. that was christine keeler. we are going to talk about her now with joe boyd. we are going to talk about her now withjoe boyd. you met her a number of times. tell us what she was like? well, she was, it was a great contrast. she and mandy, we interviewed them not together, but over the same period of time. mandy was very witty and calm. christine was very witty and calm. christine was clearly very damaged, you know, she had a very difficult childhood. she had been abused. i think she as she said in that little clip that you aired, she wished she had been able to handle the situation better. she seemed, idon't know, a victim, i suppose. and she seemed, idon't know, a victim, isuppose. and i she seemed, idon't know, a victim, i suppose. and i think she was, you know, she was a beautiful woman who,

you know, entered the world of stephen ward at 17, you know, and started being introduced to older men and it's, you know, we see it today, you know, how politicians are getting caught by their interest in beautiful young girls and it certainly happened then. mandy cas herfriend and certainly happened then. mandy cas her friend and stephen ward was an osteo path who introduced her to lots of different people and she had had already by that stage a difficult time, hadn't she? yes, i think when herfather, you know, wandered off when she was very young and her mother's boyfriend abused her and she was raped and, you know, imean, it's, her and she was raped and, you know, i mean, it's, 1 mean, idon't know, i'm nota i mean, it's, 1 mean, idon't know, i'm not a psychologist, but people say, it freezes you in a kind of state of childishness which when you're beautiful and you have a

fantastic figure and beautiful face and you act a bit childish, it's very, very appealing to men. look, at marilyn monroe, you know. you really changed the sort of view about her in so many ways, didn't you, with what you did with her book and then the film? well, we based the film on many sources. i mean, you know, one of the key sources in making the film was the denham report. we couldn't really be sued when we based the script on a government white paper. i think there is some fantastic newsreel footage from 1963 and the trial of stephen ward when christine arrives at the old bailey, she has to hold her coat up over her face and she gets thrown, you know, rotten fruit thrown at her and people shouting at her. i think she was treated u nfa i rly her. i think she was treated unfairly at the time. people felt

tremendous sympathy from john profumo who had pursued her even though he knew she was a friend of the russian spy and i think over the yea rs the russian spy and i think over the years that view continued and after the portrayal of her and we tried to keep the script as accurate and historicalfact, keep the script as accurate and historical fact, people came away feeling that she and stephen ward we re feeling that she and stephen ward were kind of victims of establishment hypocrisy. what happened, the whole scandal brought down the macmillan government, she was aware of how significant what happened was, historically. yes, they were dear friends, yes, they were dearfriends, she yes, they were dear friends, she and stephen, they lived in his flat at the period, he was in a fishy in either of political intrigue, he loved the idea, he would say, the

minister for war going out of the front door, and the naval attach schaefer russia is coming in the back door! —— aficionado. he relished this, he exaggerated it, because her affair with ivanov was only one night, maybe two, not much to it. even imagined himself getting involved and solving the cuban missile crisis. there was a lot of chat about the historical significance of what was going on. was their contact with her ilai tinai? since the film came out, she moved to south london, and i think we moved to south london, and i think we had a little bit of contact. -- contact with her in later life. there was an exhibition of her, the famous photographs, and a bunch of photographs at her gallery in cork

street, and i saw her then, i know that she went to moscow, she met ivanov after glasnost, and he apologised for his role. thank you so much for speaking with us about her. joe boyd, producer of the film scandal, talking about christine keeler. fascinating insight. very important question, do you think that carol has gone put up or had down for this weather report. third up! no, it is down! -- hood up. we are in the magical ice kingdom in winter wonderland, up. we are in the magical ice kingdom in winterwonderland, it up. we are in the magical ice kingdom in winter wonderland, it is 20 degrees warmer outside, plus ten outside, look at it, it is stunning, deep sea adventure theme. 500 tonnes of ice and snow, to make these

magnificent sculptures. we start making them in april, we have fish, you can see scales making them in april, we have fish, you can see scales and tentacles on the octopus and over here we have got sharks and dolphins and deep sea divers and it is amazing. if you are coming in to see this, make sure you wrap up warmly. outside, it is mild, a mild day, generally. from tomorrow, the temperature is going down. a lot of cloud around today, and some of us have rain, all of us will have winter conditions. rain coming in across the north west in scotland, rest of scotland mostly dry but fairly cloudy, strong winds, in northern england, cloudy with some showers in the north—west, brighter skies developing, as we come south, again, a lot of cloud

through the day. one or two breaks but equally, especially with height, we but equally, especially with height, we will see showers coming through. for wales, dry start to the day, some brightness, one or two showers, with heights, around snowdonia. and as we with heights, around snowdonia. and as we head into northern ireland, wet and windy start. through the course of the day, the wind will be a feature, notable feature wherever you are. the rain across scotland and northern ireland will venture southeast, through the day. the head of it, cloudy conditions, one or two bright spots, temperatures across—the—board ten to 12. around the murray first, we could see 13, possibly 14. as we head overnight, the wind continued to strengthening, the wind continued to strengthening, the wind continued to strengthening, the wind and the rain continues to push down towards the south—east. by the end of the night, dales in the we st the end of the night, dales in the west and also storm caroline affecting the far north—west of scotland with storm force winds as well as that we will have snow

showers, even at lower levels. it's going to be a cold night in the north, comparatively mild in the south. through the also tomorrow, storm caroline will move from the we st storm caroline will move from the west to the east across scotland, strongest wind in the north. around the central lowlands for the rush hour, very windy, looking at inland dales. there will be blizzards. —— inland gales. some big waves tomorrow, along the east coast. further snow showers tomorrow, and also, across north wales, through the day, some of those will be blown well inland, so not all of us will see well inland, so not all of us will see them. in between, sunshine as well, feeling even colder on friday thenit well, feeling even colder on friday then it will tomorrow. weekend, not down to the snow showers yet. —— not

done with the snow showers yet. on sunday, this is what! done with the snow showers yet. on sunday, this is what i want to flag up, the potential for a weather front coming in from the west, introducing rain, sleet and snow, but some significant snow, particularly in the higher routes, from the midlands northwards. that could change, the timing and the positioning, if you are on the move, please do keep watching the weather forecast. i'm going outside to warm up. we have seen you run of, are you actually running outside at the end of each one. yes, i am! i am! i'm running! it is like anneka rice or the crystal maze... laughter right, no, left... stay with her...

she is outside! she has made it! laughter there she is... excellent, i love that... that is my favourite bit of the day. she has really proven that she can run. you are here to talk about christmas, there is a warning... lots of people facing high levels of debt, putting christmas on their credit cards, particularly this year. christmas can be really expensive, especially if you have children and lots of things to pay for, food, presents, people can feel pressured. charities have done research on this. more of us are worrying about money this christmas than we have done previously. they are saying one in seven of us have nights where they are constantly thinking about the

money they have to spend. more than one third of us put christmas on credit. borrowing money to pay for christmas, what a worrying statistic. also, you have a charity, step change, they have been looking into finances and how people deal with debt, they have found that 2 million people last year were permanently in their overdraft, that can bea permanently in their overdraft, that can be a vicious circle, facing charges in your overdraft. difficult to get out of them. i spoke with laura readers get early on from step change and she has spoken about what she wants the banks to do. people are hit very regularly by overdraft charges. -- step change. when they are hit by this regularly, it pushes them further into debt. we want to scrap them, we want to make sure they are more transparent and clear.

that would make a big difference to people, banks are there to make money as well... so there is that whole debate. we have had a lot of m essa g es whole debate. we have had a lot of messages about this. people concerned about overdraft, you want to have family around but some members of the family have more money than others. if i don't have iti money than others. if i don't have it i don't spend it, says steve. another year with a debt free christmas, save and plan and do not overspend, says dojo. others say they have a certain account with a bank and they have charged a flat overdraft fee, now there is a daily charge. it triple people. an extra £50 a month in bills can push people to theirlimits, £50 a month in bills can push people to their limits, really, in terms of the money they have. some research has been done on that, suggesting, a lot of people would struggle if their bills went up by 50 quid a

month. you can help yourself by talking to your bank. yes, and talking to your bank. yes, and talking to your bank. yes, and talking to charities like step change, citizens advice, they are all designed to give you advice on how to consolidate debts and things like that. are you going to run off ina minute? like that. are you going to run off in a minute? perhaps i should! a couple more, windy christmas become such an expensive celebration. should be about families coming together, you do not have to spend spend spend, should not be a commercial business. and another message, kate, 1 know overdraft are not a good thing but i would happily go into one to get a pair of steph's shoes! and we've been talking about how some of the best christmas presents are those which do not involve a lot of money but take a lot of thought. one of my great friends from school made a photo album. that was a lovely idea, one

of the best i had ever had. thank you, rich. are you running off? careful in those shoes! and she is gone" careful in those shoes! and she is gone... still running. time to get the news, the travel wherever you are watching us. good morning. there is a lot going on over the next few days. we have got storm caroline which is set to move in for thursday morning. you can see move in for thursday morning. you can see it developing at the moment out into the atlantic. it's going to push its way north and east ward. ahead of it, we have got weather systems bringing rain across scotland, through northern ireland,

that rain edging its way into north—west england through parts of wales and the south—west later on, but the rain a bit more patchy towards southern areas. the rain could be heavy at times over the pennines and the scottish highlands. towards the east of any higher ground it will remain dry. a few bright spells and mild. maximum temperatures about ten to 12 celsius, but through tonight, the winds pick up further. gales expected around the irish sea coast. strengthening winds inland and you can see strengthening winds inland and you can see complicated mixture of the weather fronts, but caroline positioned by tomorrow morning to the north of scotland. look at the squeeze on the isobars there. expecting gusts of wind 70mph to 80mph, storm force winds across the north and north—east of scotland. that could cause a few problems. elsewhere, the rain will clear away. lots of sunshine, but we will see showers moving in. those turning increasingly wintry. temperatures dropping away sharply during the afternoon. through the evening, we have got this little weather front

moving south. that could bring snow down to low levels in northern ireland and parts of north—west england and across north wales. that's one thing to keep an eye on through today. friday, cold air filtering across all parts. with the cold air, the risk of snow. mainly across scotland and western areas of england and wales. again, there will be settling snow down to low levels. two to five centimetres perhaps possible during friday. temperatures, this is what it feels like temperature, with wind—chill, feeling only minus four celsius in newcastle. more details, of course, on the website. stay tuned to the forecast over the next few days. bye— bye. this is business live from bbc news with sally bundock

and ben thompson. can luxury firms control who sells their goods online? that's the question that could get an answer today in a case that could change how we all shop in the future. live from london, that's our top story on wednesday, 6th december. the luxury of buying high end goods on amazon and ebay could be about to end. we have the latest on what could be a landmark ruling in the european courts. also in the programme,

the price of entering the chinese tech market, we have a special report on the lengths silicon valley is going to, to get